Moisture-cup



H. MOORE.

MOISTURE cuP.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I4 1920.

1 ,370,665. Patented Mar. 8, 1921.

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PATENT OFFICE.

HABLAN MOORE, OF NEW YORK, N. 'Y'.

MOISTURE-CUP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. s, 1921.

Application led February 14, 1920. Serial No. 358,579.

To all whom z't 'may concern:

Be it known that I, HARLAN MOORE, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMoisture-Cups, and do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description and specification thereof.

My invention relates to devices for holding water or other moisteningfluids or substances; and so devised and constructed as to beconveniently, cheaply and sanitarily attached to the tube or containerholding the substance to be moistened. In practical usage I have foundthe invention most serviceable in connection with the use of shavingcream or paste which is ordinarily inclosed in a thin, flexible, metaltube, from which the cream or paste is easily pressed out as needed.

The use of cream or paste, for shaving, requires very little moisture;'but some moisture is necessary; and such moistening ordinarilynecessitates the use of a large metal or china shaving-cup, if water isnot immediately at hand by the mirror in front of which the shaving isdone.

The public demand for shaving cream or paste is constantly increasingand has brought this article into very extensive use, being moresanitary, more convenient, less expensive, and productive of better andmore satisfactory results than any form of lathering substanceheretofore devised.

The object of my invention is to supply a new and useful moistening cupof convenient size, inexpensive construction and handy usage. Whenemployed in connection with a tube containing shaving creamV Or paste,the invention overcomes the many diiiiculties and annoyances of shavingwhere a supply of water is not immediately at hand, necessitating anordinary shaving-cup or else walking from the water to the mirror withthe consequent drying of moisture. My device is conveniently attachedto, and forms a light, compact, inexpensive, and ornamental as well asuseful part of, the tube; and is therefore readily adapted to travelingand camping purposes as well as home usage; and can be thrown away withthe tube after the cream or paste is entirely used up. i

In connection with the tube, the moisture cup also performs the functionof a sanitary and air-tight 'closure of the tube thereby l fullyprotecting the cream Or paste.

In the process of shaving, I have also found the invention very usefuland sanitary as a means of support for the shaving brush when not inactual use in lathering. The brush can be laid flat across the openmouth of the moisture cup, when shaving, thereby nkeeping the bristlesof the brush free from contact with the surface of the dresser or stand.If the shaving brush is flat-topped, and should be stood on end, thelather tends to run down into and weaken the joints of the bristles, andalso overflow on the handle of the brush making it too slipperyforconvenient use. The mouth of the ordinary shaving-cup is too wide topermit of laying the brush across it; and if the brush is placed uprightin the cup the lather tends to run off, and too much moisture isabsorbed.

My invention may be embodied in various forms and for numerous uses; butin the accompanying drawings I illustrate the moisture cup as adapted tothe ordinary tube container of shaving cream or paste, with the use ofwater for moistening. The device can be made in quantity, of thin metal,fiber-board, or other material; with a minimum of material, cost ofstamping Figure 1 is a side view of an ordinary metal tube for holdingshaving cream or paste, and showing the usual threaded nipple at the topbut without the ordinary small screw cap piece Vwhich screws on thenipple.

Fig. 2 is a side View of one form of the moisture cup.

Fig. 3 is a side View of a modification of the moisture c up.

Fig'. 4 is a sectional view showing the moisture cup.

Figs. 5, e, 7, s, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 are sectional views offurther modifications and variations of the moisture cup fitted inposition on the tube.

Referring to Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, '8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15,of the drawings, 19 is a cup-shaped top preferably cylmdrlcal in formand made of thin metal, but

any other form or suitable material having the same generalcharacteristics may be em ployed if so desired. l

The moisture cup 19, is open at one end and closed at the other. When inuse, for shaving, the open end is up. When fitted, in reverse, on thetube, 16, the open endv is down, in which position the device acts as asecure, airtight and sanitary closure to the tube; and as furthersecurity, for the foregoing purpose, the sides of the cup shouldypreferably extend down below the ordinary oblique slant of the tube,the' diameter of the cup being made slightly larger than the diameter oftheJ tube to give a snug fit.

In Fig. 2, the moisture cup, 19, is shown with the open end up, inposition for holding water for moistening purposes.

In Fig. 3, the moisture cup, 19a, is th same as the moisture cup, 19, 1nFig. 2, except that the periphery of the open end, instead of being asmooth edge, 1s provided with elongated indentations or scallops, 20,which facilitate holding of brush laid across the open end, and providesa yielding edge which insures a tight fit with the container.

In Fi 4, the moisture cup, 19, is in sectional v1ew showing the smallinterior cap, 21, which projects upwardly from the center of the innerside of the closed end of the moisture cup and provided with threads,22, to engage in the threads, 18, of the nipple, 17, of the tube, 16,ofvFig. 1.

, In Fig. 5,-the interior threads, 22, of the cap, 21, inside themoisture cup, 19, engage in theexterior threads, 18, of the nipple, 17,of the tube, 16.

In Fig. 6, the moisture cup, 19, and inside cap21, are the same as inFig. 5, except that the open end of the moisture cup is provided withinterior threads, 23, which engage in a thread, 24, provided on theoutside u er part of the tube, 16. In

ig. r, the open end of the moisture cup, 19, is provided with interiorthreads,v

23, to engage in a thread, 24, as in Fig. 6; but the inside cap, 21, isnot provided with threads and fits smoothly over a plain nipple, 17, vofthe tube, 16.

In Fig. 8, the open-end of the moisture cup, 19, is not provided withthreads; nor is the inside cap, 21", threaded.

InFig. 9, the open end of the moisture cupl9, is provided with interiorthreads, 23, to engage in a thread, 24, as in Fig. 6; but the inside capis entirely omitted and the closed end of the moisture cup presses downon the end of the nipple, 17, of the tube, 1 6.

In Fig. 10, the inside cap, 21", of the moisture. cup, 19, is providedwith threads. 22", on lts exterior, instead of interior as 1n Fig. 5,and engages in interior threads, 18, of the nipple, 17", of the tube,16.

In Fig. 11, the inside cap, 2lb, and moisture cup, 19, are'the same asin Fig. 10,

In Fig. 13, the open-end of the moisture I cup, 19, is not provided withthreads; nor is the inside cap, 21, threaded.

In Fig. 14, the moisture cup, 19h, has its closed end, 25, concavedinstead of entirely flat; and While this structure can be employed with,any of the forms shown in the foregoing figures, it is preferred inconnection with a plain inside cap, 21d, which is preferably tapered andfits down tightly in the opening of the nipple, 17d, of the tube, 16.

In Fig. 15, the moisture cup, 19, has its closed end, 25",deeplyconcaved, and elongated preferably into a tapered cap, 21, fittingdown in the opening of the nipple, 17d, of the tube, 16, as in Fig. 14;and the open end of the moisture cup is providedV with interior threads,23, to engage in a thread, 24, as in Fig. 11.

Many other modifications and variations will readily suggest themselvesto anyone without departing from the essential and broad elements of theherein described invention; as, for example, the shape of the moisturecup may be in other forms besides cylindrical; and the small inside capmay be of many shapes, cylindrical, conical, rounded, and otherwise, andsolid as well as hollow in many of the forms; and, if .desired, the cupcan be fastened to the tube by means of an ordinary clasp, or hinge orchain; and the interior of the cup or the inside cap may, if desired, beprovlded with a packing of cork, felt or similar material.

From the foregoing disclosure of the construction, and operation of myinvention, it will readily be seen that all the advantages and objectsof the moisture cup, set out in the statement of invention anddescription, are fully carried out; and all the disadvantages of thepresent and usual forms of moistening devices, which are large,eumbersome, expensive and unsanitary, are entirely overcome by the useof my construction of cup which is small, compact, inexpensive andsanitary. l'

For utility in shaving, I find from practical usage that the cup may bemade very shallow and yet hold more than ample water for the entirepurpose. In fact, the less water, consistent with absolute need, the

better; so that the shaving brush is not so moistened as to cause thelather to drip and run. I find, further, that, in using the moisture cupWith tubed cream or paste, the slight moisture left in the cup aftershaving, and rinsing, vtends to prevent the end of the cream or pastefrom the hardening and elogging that frequently happens with use of thepresent ordinary cap, which is very small, difficult to handle, andoften displaced.

What I claim is 1. In combination With a compressible container having acontracted portion with an outlet, a combined moisture Cup and closureconsisting of a rigid hollow cup-shaped element the bottom' section ofwhich is adapted to seal the outlet of said container; and the lateralinner sides of the free end of the cup so constructed as to engage theouter surface of said compressible container adjacent its contractedportion and form a chamber around said contracted portion.

2. In combination with a compressible container having a contractedportion with an outlet, a combined moisture cup and olosure consistingof a rigid hollow cup-shaped clement adapted to hold liquids formoistening a brush when the contents of said compressible container arein use, and the bot tom section of said rigid cup-shaped element beingprovided with a projecting portion for sealing the outlet of said.compressible container when the contents are not in use.

A combined moisture cup and closure,

for a compressible container, adapted to be` employed to seal thecontainer and also to hold liquids for moistening purposes, consistingofa hollow'cup-shaped element provided with a projecting portion forsealing the outlet of said container, and the peri hery of the open endof said element belng provided with scallops for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature.

HABLAN MOORE.

